A local landowner, George E. Lemmon, is the town's namesake.

[2] The community was a station along the Milwaukee Railroad, now served by the BNSF Railway.

[4] North Lemmon is now included in the Census-designated East Adams Unorganized Territory.

The United States Census Bureau does not provide specific population or other demographic information.

North Lemmon Township returned a population of 81 as of the 1990 Census,[5] with an estimated population of 66 when the township dissolved in 1999.